The Role of the Poet in Early Societies

The Role of the Poet in Early Societies image
ISBN-10:

0859913473

ISBN-13:

9780859913478

Released: Apr 16, 1992
Publisher: D.S.Brewer
Format: Paperback, 176 pages
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Description:

This study draws on a wide range of texts — early Irish, pre-modern Scottish Gaelic, early Welsh, Early Norse, Old English —to illustrate the role of the poet as a tool of power, as seer, and as ceremonial figure.












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